If you’re a Shepperton homeowner or landlord thinking about selling in the next couple of years, the question on your mind is simple. How long will it take to find a buyer?

The typical first-time buyer home in Shepperton costs £285,555, which is a lot of money in anyone's book.

If you have ever thought about selling your Shepperton home, you will know how tempting it can be to stretch the asking price. After all, it is your biggest tax-free asset, and those extra few thousand pounds can feel like a sensible cushion. Yet in the Shepperton property market, ambition can sometimes cost more than it earns.

If you walk down almost any Shepperton road or street, you will see the quiet signs of life playing out behind the front doors. Families growing. Kids leaving home. Kitchens are being refitted for the second or third time. Yet somewhere in that rhythm, every homeowner starts to feel it again ... the gentle itch to move.